The Drama of Drew

But over the last three weeks while witness after witness has taken the stand in an often-shocking hearsay hearing, Peterson appears to have found the behavioral text.

For the most part Peterson is subdued. He speaks only to his lawyers and doesn’t flash that brazen smile that became a calling card of the former Bolingbrook cop.

Peterson arrives at the Joliet courthouse every day in chains and a jumpsuit.

His lawyers provide him with a fresh suit and tie. He changes. His chains are reattached, before he enters the courtroom. Then the chains are removed, again, in a show for the court.

He scans the courtroom every time he comes in, and has been known to stop and stare at Cales family members and friends -- Stacy Peterson's relatives -- in an apparent attempt to intimidate them. But that’s the extent of his showmanship.